Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...veterans by the thousands moved their families to suburbs like New York's Levittown. The draining of the cities accelerated during the 1960s and '70s, when malls sprouted across the nation, diverting shoppers from downtown business districts. And it reached a peak during the 1980s, when employers joined the exodus from cities, transferring millions of jobs to suburban office parks. Now about half of America's 250 million people live in the suburbs, and only one-quarter in central cities...
...former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan never agitated for the breakup of the union and even served as a passive but powerful prop for the communist regime. Once centralized Soviet control began to split apart, however, they had little choice but to join the exodus toward independence...
...dismal attendance numbers here cannot be explained by the fact that the Crimson doesn't play in the majors. Many of my friends left Fenway's 1992 Opening Day in order to write papers. They led an exodus in the seventh inning. Harvard students work hard; they don't have time to sit in the bleachers and watch a silly game of baseball...
...RATE THEY'RE FLEEING CAPITOL HILL, LAWmakers may make the term-limits movement obsolete. Already, 47 members have said they will quit the House at the end of this term, and 11 have been thrown out in primary elections; the exodus is the largest since 49 House members left voluntarily in 1978. A few say they are leaving because recent scandals have driven public regard for Congress to a new low. Throw in the effects of redistricting, and up to one- third of the 435 House members may be newcomers in November...
...mass exodus of Professors, of course, is counterproductive to learning. Law professors shouldn't be expected to leave their jobs to make a statement. Students shouldn't be forced to boycott classes and use their school. No member of the Harvard community should have to evacuate Cambridge in order to make a statement...